Like flies

Wow, was it HOT HOT HOT yesterday at Bowdoin Park, or what? Our first 2 p.m. practice workout was a dangerous sizzler.

The men did hill repeats. The women did a few less hill repeats followed by 1k repeats. The heat took its toll. We brought three huge water coolers and went through them all.

And still ... the men were dropping like flies on the hills. The women were suffering too down on the horseshoe 1k loop.

Toughness is toughness, but you don't bull your way through heat-related symptoms -- unless you have a death wish. And so we modified the workout for some. Everyone suffered to some extent.

For an old coach like me, who is always complaining of the cold, it was unusual to be complaining of the heat. Heat kills.

Relief is on the way. Hopefully, Hurricane Earl will bring cooler weather but not hurricane intensity to our meet and all the work Coach Horton has already put in on the Bowdoin course.

Stay tuned, and stay hydrated.